With a strong sense of accomplishment, we are very proud to share 2022 results. They are the synthesis of a long trajectory of huge challenges which were overcome, efficient management, consistent strategic choices which were vindicated and the focus on value generation, all of which are today reflected in excellent economic and financial results and... Continue Reading →
BW Energy targeting 2026 for Maromba project startup offshore Brazil
(OM) BW Energy is progressing its planned Maromba field development in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil, the company revealed in its latest results review. Last April it entered an agreement to purchase the FPSO Polvo from BW Offshore for deployment on Maromba following an upgrade. Discussions continue on financing this process, and planned first oil has now been pushed... Continue Reading →
PRIO to approach 100,000 barrels/day of oil production in 2023
PRIO expects to increase investments by 180% in 2023, to US$ 600 million, and reach the end of the year with a production level of around 100,000 barrels/day, said the coordinator of the company's wells, Estevão Borges Pereira. The oil company intends to increase its production in the Campos Basin by 25% – currently around... Continue Reading →
PetroReconcavo completes the acquisition of Maha Energy Brasil
The independent operator PetroReconcavo announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Maha Energy Brasil, an exploration and production company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and with onshore operations in Bahia and Sergipe. The deal involved US$ 138 million and was announced in December last year. With the acquisition, PetroReconcavo now... Continue Reading →
Prosafe focused increasingly on Brazil for accommodation support
Prosafe has provided a status report on its fleet of accommodation support rigs in its latest results review. Late last year Safe Zephyrus completed its contract with bp at ETAP in the central UK North Sea and is presently heading west from the Canary Islands to Brazil to start a program for Petrobras on May 1. Earlier this month, Safe... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the request to suspend sales of assets for 90 days
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it received Official Letter 166/2023/GM-MME from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) yesterday requesting the suspension of the sales of assets for 90 (ninety) days, due to the reassessment of the National Energy Policy currently underway and the establishment of a new composition of the National Energy... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum temporary interruption of production at Papa Terra
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, informs its investors and the market in general that the production at Papa Terra Cluster has been temporarily interrupted, as of 25 February 2023, due to limitations in the energy generation and supply system... Continue Reading →
Glencore sentenced to pay $700 million in US after bribery guilty plea
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) to pay $700 million in connection with its guilty plea over a decade-long scheme to bribe foreign officials across several countries. The sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan federal court consisted of a $428.5 million fine and $272 million in forfeiture,... Continue Reading →
A Siemens Energy Survey sees Latin America lacking in the energy transition but with a positive outlook
Latin America is the region with the lowest level of readiness for the energy transition on the planet. The finding is from a new study recently published by Siemens Energy. According to the survey, countries in the region have a considerable expansion of renewable energy, but technologies such as power-to-X (synthetic fuels and green derivatives)... Continue Reading →
Brazilian Enauta FPSO goes back online
Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has completed the preventive maintenance activities for a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is carrying out operations on a field offshore Brazil. Enauta disclosed on Monday, 27 February 2023, that the preventive maintenance of the water-cooling system of the FPSO Petrojarl I was concluded and the production at... Continue Reading →